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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Russian spacesuits is a unique contribution to space science. The authors, part of the original Zveda team that manufactured spacesuits for the first Russian space flights, still play an integral role in spacesuit research and development. Thus there is no-one better to describe the technical innovations of the past 40 years, which enabled Gagarin's first flight in 1961, the first space walk in 1965 and the Mir missions of the 1980s and 1990s, and which have culminated in today's International Space Station. The authors also describe how the political climate within the Soviet Union and internationally has affected the development of the space programme and their work. Many documents are published for the first time that, together with photographs, detailed descriptions of the events of the time and the authors' personal memories, provide a fascinating review of a previously unknown aspect of space science.

(Extracted from the press release).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Contents.

-List of Contributors.

-Preface.

-Acknowledgements.

-Editorial Notes.

-Acronyms.

-List of Figures.

-List of Tables.

-1. Introduction and Background.

-2. How Full Pressure Spacesuits Came About. Time Period Preceding the Space Mission Era.

-3. The Vostok Era.

-4. Spacesuit and Equipment for the World's First EVA.

-5. EVA Suit for the Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 Missions.

-6. Spacesuits for the Moon Programme.

-7. SOKOL-K and SOKOL-KV-2 Rescue Suits for Soyuz.

-8. Orbit-based Spacesuits of the ORLAN Type.

-9. Equipment for the Cosmonaut Transference and Manoeuvring Unit (UPMK).

-10. Buran Reusable Space System.

-11. Evolution of the European EVA Spacesuit.

-12. Human Physiological Aspects in Designing the EVA Spacesuit.

-13. Potential Projects on Planetary Suits for the Moon and Mars.

-14. Who's Who in Soviet/Russian Spacesuit Technology.

-15. Russian Spacesuit Artefacts.

-Appendix 1 - Summary of USSR/Russian Federation EVA Statistics.

-Appendix 2 - The Main Characteristics of ORLAN-type Spacesuits.

-Appendix 3 - Technical Details of Spacesuits.

-Bibliography.

-Index.